Festive Pickles

GreekVegetarianIntermediate5 minBy Northstar

Ingredients

Servings
4
  • 1 each quart) jar dill pickles (about 12)
  • 1 each jar maraschino cherries
  • 2 cup granulated sugar
  • 0.5 cup white vinegar
  • 0.3 cup water
  • 1 stick cinnamon, crushed
  • 1 tsp whole cloves
  • 1 tsp mixed pickling spices
  • 2 each bay leaves

Instructions

  1. 1

    Drain pickles and cherries, cut pickles crosswise into 1-inch thin slices.

  2. 2

    Using a corer, remove center from each piece of pickle.

  3. 3

    Insert a cherry into each.

  4. 4

    Put pickle chunks into a shallow dish.

  5. 5

    Mix remaining ingredients together in a saucepan.

  6. 6

    Bring to boiling, simmer 5 minutes.

  7. 7

    Pour the spice mixture through a sieve over the pickles.

  8. 8

    Cover and set in refrigerator for 1 week before serving.

  9. 9

    Makes 1 quart of pickles.

Tags

greekjoy-of-canning